The Safe Routes to School grant-funded project for the village of Centreville will proceed as planned.

According to Centreville Village President Jeff Johnson, village attorney John Barnes was contacted last week following a special meeting to hear some residents’ opinions against the sidewalk construction.

“Mr. Barnes said that since the project had gone so far and was in the hands of MDOT, there was nothing the board could do to stop it,” Johnson advised.

Craig Shumaker also advised residents at the May 15 meeting that a construction site manager would be available once the project started to work out problems with the project plans, residents and engineers.

MDOT is expected to approved the project plans by June 7, with bids awarded by the end of June, construction starting in July and completion by August, Shumaker said.

In August 2012, the Centreville SR2S team was awarded $416,281 from Michigan Fitness Foundation. SR2S is a federal program. State funding is being made available to towns and cities to help with infrastructure improvements, such as sidewalks and better traffic flow.